Volunteer Info

IT'S ALL ABOUT WHAT'S GOOD FOR THE KIDS

AYSO is a volunteer-run organization. Coaches, referees and administrators are volunteers. Over 125,000 parents, neighbors, relatives and friends lend their time and talents so that each child gets a terrific AYSO experience.

AYSO's volunteer foundation ensures that it's all about what's good for kids. It also makes AYSO very affordable. AYSO operates in a business manner, but volunteers ensure its "profits" are happy, healthy kids playing a sport they can enjoy for life.

AYSO has developed special training that helps parents who may have little or no soccer experience quickly gain the age-appropriate knowledge and skills they need to be effective coaches and referees. It also has unique administrative and management training. This ensures that each community program:

Abides by the AYSO Six PhilosophiesOffers a great AYSO experienceContinues to grow, offering the AYSO opportunity to more children

It only takes a few hours to become qualified as an introductory-level coach or referee. But if you're not able to commit even that much time, there are many small jobs you can help with. Even a couple of hours each season are an important contribution to your team and our Region!

AYSO training doesn't stop as long as you're having fun. Referees, coaches and administrators have clinics, workshops and other advanced training available to advance their skills. You can find even more information on Volunteer jobs by checking out AYSO's Volunteers page.

BELMONT-REDWOOD SHORES AYSO NEEDS YOU!

If you are interested in a board position, please contact any of our board members. Otherwise, your help will still make a difference!

Over 100 teams play every fall in Belmont-Redwood Shores AYSO. That means more than 100 coaches and 100 assistant coaches. As a coach you will motivate, congratulate, teach, encourage, drill, console, strategize, lead, and mentor a small group of children or young adults for 10-12 weeks. Even if you have no soccer experience, AYSO will help teach you the principles of the game and how to coach young kids to have fun and learn soccer. Sign up to be a coach at registration. If you don't have time to be a head coach, then become an assistant coach! You'll learn about the game and you'll likely love it so much you'll become a coach next year. Learn more here.

REFEREES"The task of the Referee is to assure the maximum enjoyment of everyone present at the game."Ken Aston (1915 – 2001)

Without referees there would be no game. Referees enforce the laws of the game and help assure that sportsmanship counts as much as points on the board. Every game is worked by 1-3 referees and each referee typically refs 10 games per season. That means we need basically as many referees as coaches and assistant coaches if not more! Sign up to be a referee at registration! You'll learn more about soccer than you thought there was to know! Learn more here.